Kanyon Boy
How popular is Kanyon?
#3,948 boy name in 2025
27 baby boys were named Kanyon in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
Kanyon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,948 for boys (▼ 157 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,148 in 2015, #3,135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (66 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,903 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kanyon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Canyon family of names ranked #1,223 for boys in 2025 (#1,128 the year before), with 133 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 106 | 80% |
| Kanyon | 27 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kanyon is most popular
Babies named Kanyon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kanyon by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kanyon
Questions
- Is Kanyon a boy or girl name?
- Kanyon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Kanyon were boys.
- How popular is the name Kanyon?
- 27 baby boys were named Kanyon in the US in 2025, making it the 3948th most popular boy name.
- When was Kanyon most popular?
- Kanyon peaked in 2007, when 66 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,903 in 2003.
- How many people are named Kanyon?
- 1,475 babies have been named Kanyon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,458 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Kanyon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kanyon was most common in Utah, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.